1
2
Dec. 16, 2021 A new study warns 1,500 endangered languages could no longer be spoken by the end of this ...
Aug. 9, 2021 Advancements in natural language processing (NLP) enable computers to understand what humans say and help people communicate through tools like machine translation, voice-controlled assistants and ...
Apr. 21, 2022 Researchers have helped design an app to protect birds at risk of extinction across the world by breaking down language barriers between ...
Jan. 10, 2023 Only a fraction of the 7,000 to 8,000 languages spoken around the world benefit from modern language technologies like voice-to-text transcription, automatic captioning, instantaneous translation and ...
Aug. 31, 2021 A new linguistic study sheds light on the nature of languages spoken before the written period, using computational modeling to reconstruct the grammar of the 6500-7000 year-old Proto-Indo-European ...
Nov. 14, 2023 Researchers incorporate language ideologies, along with the impact of interaction between individuals with opposing preferences, on the language shift process. The team chose a quantitative approach ...
June 6, 2022 A new study shows that American Sign Language (ASL) is more linguistically complex than previously understood. In particular, new research documents the emergence of the copula --- a word meaning to ...
Nov. 17, 2021 Most people around the world agree that the made-up word 'bouba' sounds round in shape, and the made-up word 'kiki' sounds pointy -- a discovery that may help to explain how ...
Mar. 21, 2023 Research in languages other than English is critically important for biodiversity conservation and is shockingly under-utilized internationally, according to an international research ...
Nov. 21, 2022 Does the history of our languages match the history of our genes? A team of scientists has revealed a large number of matches -- but also widespread mismatches in around 20 percent of cases, ...